Prominent Zambian journalist, Thomas Zgambo, who was in detention for two weeks on allegations of criminal defamation against President Hakainde Hichilema, has been released on a...
The Deputy Director of Amnesty International for East and Southern Africa, Vongai Chikwanda, has called on Zambian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release a journalist, Thomas...
The detained President of Zambia’s Socialist Party (SP), Dr. Fred M’membe, has appealed to the country’s High Court for leave to issue a Writ of Habeas...
Embattled Zambian lawmaker, Emmanuel Banda, who has been in detention, has reportedly escaped from lawful custody, according to Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security, Jack...
Malian singer and guitarist, Rokia Traoré, has been arrested and detained in Italy over an outstanding two-year prison sentence in Belgium in a child custody dispute,...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, on Wednesday granted the Department of State Services (DSS) an order it sought to detain a Nigerian, Emmanuel...
The Secretary-General of the Patriotic Front faction led by former Zambian President Edgar Lungu, Raphael Nakacinda, has been detained at Kabwata Police Station in Lusaka, according...
A Nigerian lady, Rhoda Jatau, who had been held in prison in Bauchi State in North-East Nigeria for allegedly condemning the killing of a student, Deborah...
A Somali court has discharged and acquitted a freelance journalist who had been detained in Somalia for 56 days for allegedly “circulating false” news that exposed...
Seven South Sudanese journalists who have been in detention for circulating a video showing President Salva Kiir urinating on himself during the inauguration of a road...